Policy & Government

Hospital workers, elected officials and faith leaders gathered on Friday to urge lawmakers to include additional funding in this year's state budget for Flatbush’s SUNY Downstate Medical Center, which houses the only medical school in Brooklyn.

Some improvements in BQE North and South will take place this year, though nothing as substantive as plazas or neighborhood connectors.

‘Big Apple Connect,’ which now serves roughly 300,000 people, provides NYCHA residents with a free bundle that includes Wi-Fi and a basic cable TV service.

The leader of a white supremacist group is facing five years in prison after conspiring to threaten a Brooklyn-based journalist.

40 women were celebrated in District 43 at the Women Of Distinction Awards.

A Flatbush Council Member has unveiled new legislation that would require the city to build 100 miles of protected bike lanes a year.

The company requested to use $70 million in public funds to construct fracking vaporizers near Greenpoint and the Public Service Commission denied the request.

The Legal Aid Society is calling on lawmakers to enact the Good Cause legislation to protect tenants like Darrel Stone, whose eviction takes effect on March 31.

The city will cough up a $75,000 settlement to a protester caught on video being rammed by cops driving an NYPD cruiser on Flatbush Avenue.

The defendant allegedly lured the victim to the scene by advertising car for sale on Facebook marketplace.